Second in a new series of Gaunt’s Ghosts novels, Dan Abnett presents a whole new adventure for Gaunt and the Tanith First-and-Only. Returning from a long mission on a Chaos world, Commissar Gaunt finds that his old regiment, Gaunt’s Ghosts, has been disbanded and redeployed under a charismatic new commander. When the fighting becomes bitter, Gaunt is finally reunited with his men as the Imperial forces make one last desperate attempt to hold the line against the invaders.